Meanwhile, Stacey and Joe Hurst prepare to move into the Longleaf's 215 S. Main St. building.

The husband-wife duo will open Simply Delicious, a bistro that specializes in soups, salads and sandwiches, around March 26, Stacey Hurst said.

Their aim is to obtain ingredients from local farmers and ranchers, she said. The store will keep with organic products when possible, she said, and will grind its own flour to maintain its taste and nutritional value.

Simply Delicious will continue to offer Longleaf coffee.

The incoming restaurant was years in the works, but the family's final push came in October, when Joe Hurst - a construction worker for 10 years - lost $40,000 in uninsured tools to a trailer theft.

At the time, the Hursts had been praying to go a new direction in life.

While Victoria isn't necessarily a health food town, the bistro doesn't plan to advertise itself in that way. Stacey Hurst said she hopes people will go in and enjoy the food, without that "healthy" stigma in the backs of their minds.

They might just find that they like it.

"We've wanted to do this business for years," she said. "But we didn't just want to make a living. We wanted to make a difference."

The days leading up to the opening are both exciting and scary, she said, but she will not only have help from her husband. Daughters Winter, Autumn and Spring will help, too.

"It will stay a family restaurant," she said.

As for Moore, she said that she, too, looks forward to the coming changes.

"We really like these people," she said. "We're really excited this family decided to do this."